Reviews of V for Women

Clive Christian V is a patchouli-chypre. One approach to make up for the lost moss at the heart of the classical chypre is to overdose the patchouli. It's an approach that's been done before the IFRA ever sank their claws into oakmoss. Witness the undisputed champion Clinique Aromatics Elixir.

It's simple, really. The cost/quality imbalance in perfumery is laid bare. Consider the following list of the same idea done better and costing much less:

Of course, as none of the above smell like Aromatics Elixir sprayed into a pissy diaper, they all have a leg up on Clive Christian V.

I'm beginning to regret all the times I said how odd it is that no one's ever really followed in the footsteps of Aromatics Elixir---that nobody’s really tried to imitate it. Bad imitation on my wrist, I'll watch my tongue in the future.